diff --git a/package/tor/tor.mk b/package/tor/tor.mk
index a68f29cac6..6052e09cf1 100644
--- a/package/tor/tor.mk
+++ b/package/tor/tor.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
 TOR_DEPENDENCIES += libcap
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),y)
+TOR_CONF_OPTS += --enable-lzma
+TOR_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf xz
+else
+TOR_CONF_OPTS += --disable-lzma
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb)$(BR2_i386)$(BR2_x86_64)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP),yy)
 TOR_CONF_OPTS += --enable-seccomp
 TOR_DEPENDENCIES += libseccomp